Ecological Avatars Predict Species Invasions

Predicting species invasions is hard enough, but how can we accomplish this for non-native species with little history of misbehaving? New research published in the journal Global Ecology and Biogeography by Eric Larson and Julian Olden from the University of Washington suggests that borrowing the experience of a known invasive species – an ‘avatar’ species – may be useful... (Read Full Article)